Sabrina Marie Smyers Receives Award During Honors Convocation at Wofford College

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SPARTANBURG, SC (05/19/2010)(readMedia)-- Wofford College senior Sabrina Marie Smyers received The James A. Chiles Award, the departmental award for German, during Honors Convocation on May 11.

Smyers, a double major in German and business economics, was also captain of the women's tennis team at Wofford. Parents: Kenneth and Rita Smyers (Pittsburgh, Pa., 15237).

The academic major awards are made by the faculty to seniors recommended by the major departments on the basis of academic achievement, character and intellectual promise. Some of the awards are named in honor of persons who have made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the college.

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Wofford College, established in 1854, is an independent liberal arts college of 1,450 students in Spartanburg, S.C. Wofford ranks 6th nationally in the percentage of undergraduates receiving credit for study aboard. Home to one of the nation's 276 Phi Beta Kappa chapters, Wofford's historic 170-acre campus is recognized as a national arboretum. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the college is committed to quintessential undergraduate education within the context of values-based inquiry.